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Subject:Re: Not able to engage any gear
From:Mark
Date:Sat, 4 Jun 2011 10:22:31 -0400

I had a problem recently where my clutch got lighter and lighter and it
eventually stopped engaging. I couldn't go anywhere, so had to park in a
nearby neighborhood (luckily close to home). Turned out to be air in the
clutch line - bled it - and I was good to go.

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Kevin Plichta <plichtakevin@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Looking for some wisdom.
> My 91 stock manual, I can not get it to engage in any gear while to motor
> is running. If I start it with the clutch to the floor and in 1st it acts
> like its  engage (wants to jump forward).
> I have check the master and slave clutch cylinders and they are not leaking
> and seem to move when the clutch is pushed down. Seems that with the motor
> running makes it not want to go into any gears and the motor off goes easily
> into all the gears? What is different when running or not?
> Thanks for your help.
> Kevin Plichta
>

Mark - 1990 Westy - 2.1 manual

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